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Archive or delete a class

This page is for teachers

When you’re done teaching a class, you can archive it. When a class is archived, it’s archived for all teachers and students in that class. If you don’t archive classes, they still appear on your Classroom homepage and on students’ homepages.

You can restore an archived class if you want to use it again, or delete it if you’ll never use it again.

Teachers and co-teachers can archive a class, but only the primary teacher can delete a class. Students can’t archive or delete a class.

Sign in with your Google Account. For example, you@yourschool.edu or you@gmail.com. Learn more.

At the top, click Menu .

Scroll down and click Archived classes.

Note: If you haven’t archived any classes, this option won’t be in the menu.

On the class card, click More Restore.

Click Restore to confirm.

Delete a class

Warning: There's no way to undo deleting a class. If you click Delete, you no longer have access to any class posts or comments. However, you and your students can still access your class files in the class Drive folder.

When you decide you’ll never use a class again, you can delete it permanently. To delete a class, you must first archive it, then delete it. You and your students can still access your class files in the class Drive folder.

Note: Only the primary teacher of a class can delete it. Co-teachers can’t delete a class.

If you’re changing the classes you teach or leaving your school, you can transfer a class you own to a co-teacher in the class. For instructions, see Transfer ownership of a class.